ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,898, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Increasing accuracy in workout autodetection systems and methods" was invented by Stephen John Black (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods can be used including receiving motion data, categorizing the motion data into portions of a minute that indicate activity or a workout, and automatically determining an accurate number of active minutes for an individual. Multiple data streams may be analyzed and de-duplicated, such that an accurate metric may be computed and reported to an individual."

The patent was filed on Oct...